The dead man's toy

Born in 1972 in Târgu Neamţ, Constantin Acosmei works as a librarian in Iasi. Described as the "great silent man" by critics, he is the author of a only collection, The Dead Man's Toy, a miserable and ironic gem, reissued and enriched three times since its first publication in 1995: a “cult” book » has become a landmark in contemporary Romanian literature; one of minimalist profundis, all decadence and derision, and which touches in the perfection of its decadence a spleen-like and mischievous string extraordinarily singular.